Microscopic atlas reveals how citrus Huanglongbing disease progresses through trees

What happens inside a citrus tree long before leaves turn yellow, roots decline, and fruit quality suffers? Researchers from ...
Southern Living on MSN

Why tree roots grow above ground—and what an arborist says you should do

We get to the root of the matter.

California can’t replant its forests fast enough to keep up with wildfires

California's wildfires are destroying forests faster than the state can replant them, and federal cuts are making the gap ...
Southern Living

How To Tell If Tree Roots Are Damaging Your Yard, Driveway, Or Foundation

Exposed tree roots can damage sidewalks and foundations, become a tripping hazard, and make lawn mowing difficult. Learn how to properly deal with above-ground tree roots to keep the tree healthy and ...
Indiatimes

Japan does not cut down centuries-old trees for development. Instead, experts spend months preparing their roots and relocating them

When roads, railways or new buildings are planned, centuries-old trees are often among the first casualties of development. In Japan, however, some of the country's most valuable trees are given a ...
The Economist

The clever plumbing system inside the tallest trees

For scientists, being a good climber is hardly a strict job requirement. But it can lead to a breakthrough. Researchers who scaled some dipterocarp trees—which can grow to over 100 metres—discovered ...
IFLScience

Socratea Exorrhiza: The Trees With Roots So Weird, Scientists Once Proposed That They Could "Walk"

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
Bay Nature

The Camphor Tree

For 15 years, it was our neighbor—though I suppose I rarely thought of it that way when it was living, until just before we said goodbye. “It” was an enormous, ancient-looking camphor tree on the ...
LAist

Scientists find thriving fungi, a hopeful sign where 1.3 million Joshua trees were burned

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. An estimated 1.3 million Joshua trees ...
WFTV

Keene’s Point HOA removes dozens of trees despite county denial, deepening community dispute

WINDERMERE, Fla. — A year after Channel 9 first told you about a heated debate over the future of more than 100 trees in the Keene’s Point community, the controversy has only intensified. The ...
Marketplace

Cities are investing tax dollars ... on trees. Here's why it works

Ed Hoffman and his wife, Donna, just pulled up to a neighborhood park 15 minutes west of Cleveland. They checked in with a volunteer sitting at one of those plastic fold-out tables and picked out a ...
sciencex

The root of the problem: Ancient trees may have grown their roots backwards

Secrets about how giant trees grew in reverse can be found in fossil imprints of their roots. Micro-CT scanning shows that the roots were growing tip-to-tail like shoots. Stigmaria (meaning "little ...